Automating safety and efficiency along the Tesla assembly line
  • Used websockets for persistent connection between Fanuc Robots and Angular / Node-Red interface.
  • Wrote MySQL stored procedures to query required settings of each fastener and store results.
  • Structured offline-first interface to configure assembly-line jobs and control tools & machinery.
  • Created custom node-red modules for smoother synchronization with Fanuc robots.
  • Wrote tools to allowing management to configure and validate jobs manually, with or without needing the MySQL database.
  • Deployed Node-Red backend on Raspberry PI connected to Windows computer work station.
  • Built client-side performance tracker averaging the time to assemble one project in a job.
  • Wrote Station Service request tool to allow operators to order more parts or tool servicing.

Started: 2017-12-01

Launched/Lasted: 2018-04-01

Industries: Technology, Robotics, Manufacturing

Team: E.A.Taylor: Front-End, Back-End. Aaron Silverberg: Vice President. Saiman Shetty: Project Management

Companies/Brands: Tesla Motors, Flexible Assembly Systems, Refined Motion Engineering